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<p>[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 2632332, member: 1765"]If you have an APS-C camera, the 150mm lens would be the longest I'd recommend. Your working distance with a 180mm would be really long. For larger coins (bust half, silver dollar), you wouldn't be able to look through the viewfinder and reach the coin at the same time easily unless you're at least 6'2". More working distance also means more susceptibility to wobbling.</p><p><br /></p><p>For full-slab shots, you'll either have an extremely long working distance, even with the 150mm lens, or you'll need to swap to a shorter macro, like a 60mm or 105mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>I shoot with a 200mm macro lens on a full-frame camera (Nikon D610), which is the equivalent of a 135mm on an APS-C sensor as far as working distance is concerned.</p><p><br /></p><p>For slabs, I switch to a 105mm macro and set my camera to APS-C cropping mode. It may seem strange that I do this, but I don't need 24 MP for slab shots, and the file size is much smaller with cropping turned on.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also have a 55mm macro that I use if shooting something rather large.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 2632332, member: 1765"]If you have an APS-C camera, the 150mm lens would be the longest I'd recommend. Your working distance with a 180mm would be really long. For larger coins (bust half, silver dollar), you wouldn't be able to look through the viewfinder and reach the coin at the same time easily unless you're at least 6'2". More working distance also means more susceptibility to wobbling. For full-slab shots, you'll either have an extremely long working distance, even with the 150mm lens, or you'll need to swap to a shorter macro, like a 60mm or 105mm. I shoot with a 200mm macro lens on a full-frame camera (Nikon D610), which is the equivalent of a 135mm on an APS-C sensor as far as working distance is concerned. For slabs, I switch to a 105mm macro and set my camera to APS-C cropping mode. It may seem strange that I do this, but I don't need 24 MP for slab shots, and the file size is much smaller with cropping turned on. I also have a 55mm macro that I use if shooting something rather large.[/QUOTE]
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